KUCHING: An academic has urged parents to keep a closer watch over their children, in the wake of reports that a teenager in Sarawak committed suicide after holding an Instagram poll on whether she sh...

Had Instagram known what ‘D’ and ‘L’ meant in a girl’s online poll, the Sarawakian lass could have
been spared from taking her own life. It didn’t, prompting debates – even in the UK parliament
– on how social media platforms can help save troubled youngsters. There are also calls for
action to be taken against the respondents who egged the teenager on to take her own life.

PETALING JAYA: Police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) must investigate and bring social media abusers to book for being complicit in the suicide of a 16-year-old in Sarawak, says Wanita MCA chief Datuk Heng Saie Kie.

PETALING JAYA - The death of a teenage Malaysian girl who is said to have taken her own life after a poll she ran on Instagram encouraged her to do so, could lead to changes to the law to better tackl...

PETALING JAYA: An Instagram executive told an inquiry by the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Westminster that the poll which saw a teenager in Sarawak kill herself hou...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 ― Social media users are advised to be more attentive and sensitive to any suicidal postings on social media to prevent incidents like what happened in Sarawak, on Monday, from ...

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysian lawmakers yesterday called on the authorities to investigate reports of a teenager who allegedly jumped to her death after asking her social media followers to vote on wheth...

In response to the tragic incident where a 16-year-old teenager from Sarawak was found dead in an apparent suicide, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) urges social media user...

A 16-year-old teenager was found dead, believed to have fallen from the third floor of a shop lot in Kuching after she conducted an online poll to decide if she should kill herself or not, the Malay M...

KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Malaysian lawmakers on Wednesday called on authorities to investigate reports of a teenager who allegedly jumped to her death after asking her social media followers to vote on ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawmakers on Wednesday (May 15) called on authorities to investigate reports of a teenager who allegedly jumped to her death after asking her social media followers to vote on ...

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysian lawmakers on Wednesday (May 15) called on authorities to investigate reports of a teenager who allegedly jumped to her death after asking her social media followers ...

PETALING JAYA: The authorities have been urged to investigate the case of a 16-year-old girl in Sarawak who committed suicide yesterday after holding a poll on her Instagram on whether she should live...

PETALING JAYA: Mental health issues must be addressed and an alert system to notify concerned parties of suicidal postings on social media must be developed, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye following the apparent suicide of a teenager in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — A 16-year-old teenager was found dead, believed to have fallen from the third floor of a shop lot in Kuching after she conducted an online poll to decide if she should kill he...